Gov. Steve Sisolak and Immunization Program Manager Shannon Bennett provided an update to Nevada’s tier system for vaccine distribution at a Wednesday news briefing.
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Nevada’s daily coronavirus case count rebounded as expected Wednesday following an artificially low count the previous day caused by a technical glitch.
The Southern Nevada Health District said it new case numbers were “artificially low” Tuesday due to a technical issue and reporting delays, impacting the state’s reporting.
The figure was the biggest single-day increase in reported fatalities since the pandemic began in March and was the second record set in a week.
Nevada National Guard personnel activated through the end of this year will remain on duty under an extension approved by President Donald Trump.
Gov. Steve Sisolak says Nevada will go into a “statewide pause” for three weeks as the coronavirus continues its wildfire-like spread across Nevada.
“We are back where we were and we do not have control over COVID,” state biostatistician Kyra Morgan said Thursday at the weekly meeting of the state’s COVID mitigation task force.
Gov. Steve Sisolak on Tuesday night told Nevadans that the fall spike in coronavirus is “our reality” and that behavior must change, adding that the next two weeks are crucial.
The staff member was last in the office Thursday and was not symptomatic at that time.
Gov. Steve Sisolak said Wednesday the threat of COVID-19 is still very real, even as President Trump says the nation has “turned the corner” on dealing with the disease.
The governor’s office has announced Nevada will join other Western states to independently review the safety and effectiveness of any FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccine.
Nevada received $20 billion in coronavirus aid, but with tax collections down and an ongoing pandemic, experts are worried about the state’s fiscal future.
Members of Gov. Steve Sisolak’s Capitol-based staff have completed 14-day quarantines and tested negative for COVID-19 following the infection of one staffer.
Federal health authorities are telling Nevada to reverse course on the state’s recent decision to ban two types of rapid COVID-19 tests used in nursing homes.
The state COVID Task Force Thursday eased two of three criteria used to determine elevated risk of coronavirus spread across Nevada’s 17 counties.
A member of Gov. Steve Sisolak’s Carson City staff tested positive for COVID-19, sending all staffers in the office home to quarantine for a week pending tests of their own.
Lawmakers on Friday approved $29 million in allocations from Nevada’s reservoir of federal pandemic aid, with $20 million earmarked to help small businesses.
The state’s COVID task force has voted to allow bars and taverns to reopen in Las Vegas and Clark County.
Gov. Steve Sisolak said he was “disappointed that Douglas County chose to allow the venue to host the event and go against the directives” and the county’s federal coronavirus pandemic aid allotment was being reviewed.
Bars in Washoe and Nye counties will reopen next week, but bars in Clark County will remain closed, the state’s COVID-19 task force ruled Thursday.
